Improved chair-seat



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

E. L. BUOKINGHAM, OF JEFFERSON, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVED CHAIR-SEAT.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 82,081, dated September1,5, 1868.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, E. L. BUCKINGHAM, of J eiferson, in the county ofJefferson and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in the Construction of Chair- Seats; and I do hereby declarethat the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, whichwill enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

The nature of my invention relates to improvements in chairseats made ofwoven splints, reeds, or other similar articles, the object of which isto cheapen the cost and render them more durable.

It consists in a method of fastening the reed or splint to the frame ofthe seat, by providing oblique slots through the rails from about thecenter of vthe inner edge downward and outward, terminating .in thebottom face of the rails, near the outer edge, and in passing thestripsl of which the bottom is to be woven through the said slots,instead of through vertical holes, as heretofore.

Figure l represents a bottom-plan view of my improved chair-seat, andFig. 2 represents a section on the line at x of Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the rails of the chair-seat, and a the outer termination ofthe slots in the lower face of the said rails. b represents the materialof which the bottom is woven,wl1ich is wound over the top, and down onthe outside and through the slots, from the outer to the inner opening,thence under the rail, and over again at the top.-

The slots may be made by iirst boring a hole in them in the proper placeto insert a saw, or by any other means. A strip, C, of

wood or other elastic suitable material, may be bound around the edge orsecured over the strips of which the bottom is composed, in any suitablemanner, for protecting the said woven material.

I have found chair-bottoms secured to the rails in the above-describedimproved manner to last very much longer than when the reeds are woventhrough vertical holes bored through the rails, as they wear off verysoon, or are cut bythe sharp angle which they turn from the top downwardthrough the said holes, the entire strain of the weight of the occupantof the chair coming directly on the said angle, whereas in my improvedmethod the friction of the webbing around the outer edges greatlyrelieves the strain around the angles of the rail, and prevents anymovement of the webbing on those angles, whereby great wear is caused tothe webbing in the old method of fastening. The tendency to a wearingmotion in my improved seat is greatly relieved also by the outer stripG.

I am enabled, by my improved method, to

supply the market with chair-bottoms of a much better quality than thoseheretofore made, without increase of expense.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The strips b,composing the chair-bottom, secured in the rails A by being passed overand under said rails, the ends being inserted in oblique slots a, andthere retained by the strip C, applied to the outer edge of the rails'A, all substantially as herein shown and described.

E. L. BUCKLNGHAM. Witnesses:

WM. P. FoRsYTE, D. OSTRANDER.

